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Página 51
... midst of all his happiness , as to think that Greece , illa nobilis Græcia , -so far from knowing him , had scarcely even heard of his existence . - Epist . 79 . ' of a poet , previous to the invention of E 2 1820. ] 51 LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
... midst of all his happiness , as to think that Greece , illa nobilis Græcia , -so far from knowing him , had scarcely even heard of his existence . - Epist . 79 . ' of a poet , previous to the invention of E 2 1820. ] 51 LIFE OF LORD BYRON .
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... Greece and of Rome , ' And get knock'd on the head for his labours . To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan , And is always as nobly requited ; Then battle for freedom wherever you can , · And , if not shot or hang'd , you'll get ...
... Greece and of Rome , ' And get knock'd on the head for his labours . To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan , And is always as nobly requited ; Then battle for freedom wherever you can , · And , if not shot or hang'd , you'll get ...
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... Greece - Xenophon's Retreat of the Ten Thousand . Up to this present moment writing , 6 minutes before eight o ' the clock - French ' hours , not Italian . " ( " ' Hear the carriage - order pistols and great - coat , as usual ...
... Greece - Xenophon's Retreat of the Ten Thousand . Up to this present moment writing , 6 minutes before eight o ' the clock - French ' hours , not Italian . " ( " ' Hear the carriage - order pistols and great - coat , as usual ...
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... Greece . Wrote an epigram . Turned ' to a passage in Guinguené - ditto in Lord Holland's ' Lope de Vega . Wrote a note on Don Juan . ' At eight went out to visit . Heard a little music- like music . Talked with Count Pietro G. of the ...
... Greece . Wrote an epigram . Turned ' to a passage in Guinguené - ditto in Lord Holland's ' Lope de Vega . Wrote a note on Don Juan . ' At eight went out to visit . Heard a little music- like music . Talked with Count Pietro G. of the ...
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... Greece - before din- ' ner had read Walter Scott's Rob Roy . Wrote ad- ' dress to the letter in answer to Alessio del Pinto , who has thanked me for helping his brother ( the late ' Commandant , murdered here last month ) in his last ...
... Greece - before din- ' ner had read Walter Scott's Rob Roy . Wrote ad- ' dress to the letter in answer to Alessio del Pinto , who has thanked me for helping his brother ( the late ' Commandant , murdered here last month ) in his last ...
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Página 626 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses...
Página 496 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood ! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live ? The land of honourable death Is here : — up to the field, and give Away thy breath ! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best ; Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.
Página 98 - tis a grand poem — and so true! — true as the 10th of Juvenal himself. The lapse of ages changes all things — time — language — the earth — the bounds of the sea — the stars of the sky, and every thing * about, around, and underneath' man, except man himself, who has always been, and always will be, an unlucky rascal.
Página 285 - Not happy, in thy death thou surely wert, Thy wish accomplished ; dying in the land Where thy young mind had caught ethereal fire, Dying in GREECE, and in a cause so glorious ! They in thy train — ah, little did they think, As round we went, that they so soon should sit Mourning beside thee, while a Nation...
Página 623 - I direct that they, my said trustees and the survivor of them, and the executors and administrators of such survivor...
Página 286 - This meeting annihilated for a moment all the years between the present time and the days of Harrow. It was a new and inexplicable feeling, like rising from the grave, to me. Clare, too, was much agitated — more in appearance than even myself ; for I could feel his heart beat to his fingers' ends, unless, indeed, it was the pulse of my own which made me think so.
Página 137 - Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." ["There scattered oft, the earliest of the year, By hands unseen, are showers of violets found ; The redbreast loves to build and warble there, And little footsteps lightly print the ground.
Página 495 - No torch is kindled at its blaze A funeral pile. The hope, the fear, the jealous care, The exalted portion of the pain And power of love, I cannot share, But wear the chain. But 'tis not thus - and 'tis not here Such thoughts should shake my soul, nor now, Where glory decks the hero's bier, Or binds his brow. The sword, the banner, and the field, Glory and Greece, around me see ! The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free.
Página 85 - And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep; and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy...
Página 107 - Well, I would rather have had my talk with Lawrence (who talked delightfully) and heard the girl, than have had all the fame of Moore and me put together. The only pleasure of fame is that it paves the way to pleasure; and the more intellectual our pleasure, the better for the pleasure and for us too.